Hi Jon If this program is robust enough you may get some interest from the education community. You would need to secure the switch on/off option with a password or administration only account though.
Cheers Nick -----Original Message----- From: Jon R <[email protected]> Sent: 03 February 2009 23:00 To: MyLifeOrganized <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: [MLO] Re: Computer Discipline - New software Hi Richard OK good idea! I've created a new Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/ComputerDiscipline Switching on and off is very easy, just right click or double click on the tray icon and from there you can start or stop the program. I'll try to post some screenshots to the new google group. Cheers Jon On Feb 3, 10:13 pm, "Richard Collings" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jon > > This sounds like a really interesting tool (I was thinking just the other > day that it would be really good to be able to block sites that I keep > getting distracted by (eg news sites)). > > However, I do have some questions about your product (eg how easily can one > switch the blocking on and off, screenshots, etc) which are probably not > appropriate for this newsgroup. > > Have you thought about creating a separate Google Group where we could > discuss it? > > Regards > > Richard > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jon R > > Sent: 03 February 2009 9:43 p > > To: MyLifeOrganized > > Subject: [MLO] Computer Discipline - New software > > > Dear All, > > > I have been working on a little project on and off over the > > last couple of years. I find it invaluable, and I'd like to > > see what interest there is from others. > > > I invite you to try this new application, and to please give > > me some feedback on it. I don't know yet whether I will > > release this on a freeware/donation basis or if I will charge > > a small fee for it, so this is a trial for the MLO community. > > What do you think? > > > If you've heard of Temptation Blocker, it's a bit like that, > > but much much better. > > > Below are some details from the readme.txt file. > > > I hope you like it! :) > > > Jon (aka Kudos) > > > The download link: > >http://www.jonrumens.com/ComputerDisciplineSetup.exe > > > Computer Discipline - Advanced Window Blocking to help get > > your work done! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Copyright 2009 - Jon Rumens > > > What is ComputerDiscipline? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Computer Discipline allows you to control which Programs or > > Windows or Websites you are allowed to visit at any time. It > > forces you to focus on what you decide is important and > > prevents you from getting distracted by other stuff on your > > computer. It's also good for your health, as it can force you > > to take regular breaks away from your screen. You could block > > things such as games or timewasting websites or you could > > force yourself to use MS Word or Visual Studio. > > > There are two main ways it works: 'Allow Windows', & 'Block Windows'. > > > 'Allow Windows' will block ALL windows/applications except > > the ones you choose to allow. > > > 'Block Windows' will block ONLY the windows/applications that > > you choose. > > > You can specify groups of windows to be either minimized, > > minimized to tray, or closed. Minimize to tray is a very cool > > feature as it gets the program out of your way, but without > > closing it - so you can return to it later. > > > You can also set up web site titles to be blocked, and the > > individual tab will be closed your browser. For example > > 'Google Mail' can be closed in Firefox or IE. This feature > > actually works in most multi-tab applications, not just web browsers. > > > Unlock Difficulty > > To unlock the program, you can make yourself have to type in > > a random string of characters. The 'Unlock Difficulty' value > > controls how many characters you have to type and can be > > anything from 0 (disabled) to 100 (very difficult & tedious). > > > Computer Breaks > > You can setup breaks which will forcefully block your > > computer so you can take a break away from your screen. > > > Tooltips - If this option is turned on you should get some > > tooltips saying which windows are getting blocked/allowed and why. > > > Block Process Managers - Task Managers will all be killed > > when you are blocking apps. Such as Windows Task Manager, > > Process Explorer, CurrProcess. > > > Safe Window Titles/Classes - These settings are in the > > settings.ini file and is for windows which should never be > > blocked e.g. your overlaying clock, Winamp etc. > > > Note: As Computer Discipline has the power to close any > > programs you have running. Please save any open work until > > you are comfortable using it. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
